AI BLADES UPGRADE

[Napoliandy]

Hey everyone. Good Saturday morning. I have a couple of questions in regards to the new ai blades. First, is there anyone using them and has been using them for a minute. Also, I presently have three radion xr15’s g5 pros w/ 2 Reefbrite Xho’s on a 100ext. The reefbrites are antic blue and turned sideways to compensate for just having two, so I’m curious as to what would be my best option if I choose to upgrade my reefbrites to the blades. So should I go grow or glow and please tell me why.

 

[flashsmith]

One 48" grow over an IM SR80. I've had this one for 2 months. I went from 2 g5 radion pros to a single light. Really like it. The grow is more true blue. The glow is blue with a heavy purple look. To my knowledge there is no white channel on it and anything that doesn't pop such as fish will look washed out.

 

[Napoliandy]

One 48" grow over an IM SR80. I've had this one for 2 months. I went from 2 g5 radion pros to a single light. Really like it.

Nice. I want to get two to offset the 3 pros. Just not sure which one I need. Grow or glow. I feel I have the glow pop with the pros. Plus there’s a huge price difference.

 

[flashsmith]

They put out alot of light as a stand alone. Reef dudes did a good video on YouTube. I absolutely hated the blinding glare of the radions. This solved the problem. I'm running reef breeders photons on my RS reefer 625. One thing I noticed was my water temp has gone up a couple degrees with the blade. I'm sure it's due to using their tank mount stands. Probably wouldn't be an issue if mounted up high.